British prime minister Keir Starmer gives his speech during the British Labour conference at ACC Liverpool in Liverpool, England, on Tuesday. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty
A few minutes before Keir Starmer gave his big conference speech, Andy Burnham, the man who appears to covet his positions as Britain’s prime minister and leader of the Labour Party, walked out of the venue.
After his party rival left, Starmer rhetorically chased the Manchester mayor down the road with an address that was stirring at times – and perhaps the best he has given since he led Labour to victory in July last year.
He has endured a torrid September.
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